Friday 5 October 2018

Voices of ’68 exhibition in Waterloo Place Building 1-3 Waterloo Place, Derry BT48 6BT from Friday 5 October 2018 to Sunday 7 October 2018.

1968 is a pivotal year, and not just for Northern Ireland. National Museums NI’s new exhibition encourages a fresh look at this crucial period in Northern Ireland’s history. It is told in the words of some of those most directly involved at the time.

10am -3pm Schools Civil Rights Workshop in Guildhall

Panel:

Jim McBride

Dr Chris Reynolds

Eamon McCann

Anne Devlin

Aidan McKinney

3.00pm

In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America, special viewing in the Playhouse Theatre, Address: 5-7 Artillery Street, Derry BT48 6RG

In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America is a compelling feature documentary, narrated by Liam Neeson, with dramatic footage from the conflict in Northern Ireland and stirring accounts by Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter as well as US Congressmen and Senators.

More Female Lines – Reflections on 19687.00pm Playhouse Theatre

In Female Lines, an anthology of 13 women writers, poets and playwrights from Northern Ireland have volunteered short readings, to reflect on 68 in their work: Some of the women were present at the time, others accompanied parents on civil rights marches, but most of them did not. What they all share is a desire to insert women’s voices into the narrative.